Patrick A. Miles, Jr.

Of Counsel

PROMINENT ASSIGNMENTS

Represent companies ranging in size from start-up ventures to public, multi-national corporations on general corporate matters, telecommunications law, and mergers and acquisitions

Expert on minority/women-owned business formation, finance, and certification issues

Represented local governments nationwide, including City of Detroit, on cable television and telecommunications matters, franchising, franchise renewals, franchise transfers and cable television rate regulation issues

Corporate Counsel to Aquinas College

Co-Chaired George Heartwell's successful 2003 and 2007 campaigns for Grand Rapids Mayor

PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENT

American Bar Association
Federal Communications Bar
Grand Rapids Bar Association, President (2004-2005), President-elect (2003-2004); Vice-President (2002-2003); Trustee (1999-2002); Past Chair, Diversity Committee (1994-present)
Floyd Skinner Bar Association
Wolverine Bar Association

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Aquinas College Board of Trustees, Executive Committee, Past Chair (2004-2008); Chair, Diversity Committee; Past Chair, Enrollment Management Committee (1993-2002, 2003-present)
DeVos Children's Hospital Foundation Board of Directors, Vice Chair, Chair, Committee on Trustees (1999-present)
Hope Network Board of Directors (2007-present)
Metropolitan YMCA Board of Directors, Treasurer, Chair, Finance Committee (2005-present)
Spectrum Health Hospitals Board of Trustees, Treasurer, Chair, Finance Committee (2004-present)

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

"Wither to Regulate," Federal Communications Law Journal, Vol. 51, No. 2, p. 541 (March 1999)
"No More Pulp Fiction: Proposed UCC Article 2 Revisions Embrace Paperless Electronic Transactions," Michigan Bar Journal, Vol. 75, No. 6, p. 516 (June 1996)
"Cable Television Rate Regulation Under the 1992 Cable Act: An Overview of the Process," Public Corporation Law Quarterly, No. 2, p.1 (September 1993)
Speaker, Michigan Municipal Finance Officers Association, East Lansing, Michigan
Speaker, Michigan Association of Broadcasters, Regional Conference, Lansing, Michigan
Speaker, West Michigan Association of Credit Managers, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Panelist, State Bar of Michigan, Opening Doors Conference, Lansing, Michigan
Moderator, Grand Rapids Bar Association Diversity Summit, Grand Rapids, Michigan